Gender Discrimination
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‘Pink tax’: Calls grow to scrap ‘unfair’ prices on women’s productsA group of high school girls in Ottawa want to take their 'pink tax' fight to the House of Commons, calling on the federal government to eliminate an 'unfair pricing practice.'CanadaApr 4, 2024
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B.C. MLA and former Mountie speaks out amid new female police officer class action suitSurrey South BC United MLA Elenore Sturko, who served as an RCMP officer for 13 years, says she also faced harassment during her time as a police officer.PoliticsOct 17, 2023
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Transgender male claims he faced discrimination at Regina hotelThe family of 16-year-old transgender male who claims gender discrimination took place at a Regina hotel filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission.CanadaFeb 8, 2023
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10 stigmas women still face every dayGender equality has come a long way, and yet half of the planet’s population still faces outdated taboos every single day.LifestyleNov 7, 2022
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Google to pay $118M to settle lawsuit alleging it underpaid womenThe class-action lawsuit included 15,500 women and alleged Google paid its women workers in California less than male employees for similar work.TechJun 14, 2022
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Broadcast personality Jennifer Valentyne alleges gender discrimination at former employerJennifer Valentyne has posted a video online detailing allegations of gender discrimination in former broadcast roles that she suggests ultimately led to her being fired.CanadaMay 24, 2022
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Nigerian Olympian alleges gender discrimination kept her from competing in Beijing GamesSimidele Adeagbo, who competed in the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, has lodged a formal complaint with the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation.SportsFeb 15, 2022
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‘Overt sexualization’: Why Olympic women athletes ran into uniform trouble before the GamesBefore the start of 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a British Paralympian was told her briefs were 'too short' and a swimming cap designed for Black women’s hair was banned.SportsJul 26, 2021
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Quebec transgender inmate asks for transfer to women’s prisonA transgender inmate convicted of murder in 2016 is taking the federal government to court, demanding she be transferred to a women's prison.NewsJan 20, 2020
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Japanese women defend right to wear glasses at work after companies forbid eyewear“If wearing glasses is a real problem at work it should be banned for everyone, men and women,” Japanese writer Yumi Ishikawa said.TrendingNov 12, 2019
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